Quotes By Don Marquis

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them.

A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?

One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream.

In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going.

Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.